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Registration for the September 19 Talking Freight seminar on Integrating Sustainability Analysis into Freight Transportation Projects and Programs is now available. Date/Time: September 19, 2012 1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm Description: Sustainability is a concept that enables decision-makers to make balanced choices around different and competing objectives. Freight transportation touches all three dimensions of this sustainability concept - social, environmental, and economic. Current issues relevant to freight sustainability include emissions reductions and climate change, job creation and preservation, and community impacts. To assist practitioners with sustainability, a number of tools have been developed to integrate sustainability best practices into highway and freight projects and programs. Join us for this seminar as we discuss tools and methods from FHWA, the European Union's COFRET (Carbon Footprint of Freight Transport) project, and others that can be used in understanding the sustainability aspects of freight transportation projects. Presenters: * Heather Holsinger, FHWA Sustainable Transport & Climate Change Team * Alan Lewis, Transport & Travel Research Ltd * Matthew Payne, US Environmental Protection Agency If you have not yet participated in Talking Freight, I encourage you to do so. These monthly seminars, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, are held via web conference, which means that you view the PowerPoint presentations over the Internet while listening to the presenters over your computer or the telephone. There is no cost involved and you do not have to leave your desk to participate. More information about Talking Freight is available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm Links to past presentations and recordings are available on http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning/talking.htm. Talking Freight seminars are eligible for 1.5 AICP Certification Maintenance Credits (for AICP members). In order to receive credit, you must attend the full seminar and login to the seminar with your full name or type your full name into the chat area during the seminar if you are in a room with a group of people. Visit the AICP web site <http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.planning.org/cm/> for more information about AICP Certification Maintenance Credits. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Symoun, SAIC, 703-676-6849 or [log in to unmask] Jennifer Symoun | Deputy Program Manager/Analyst Science Applications International Corporation | 8301 Greensboro Drive, McLean, VA 22102 Office: 703.676.6849 | Fax: 703.676.6823